[iyonix-support] Re: Monitor blanking/screen saving doesn't work

On 23 Dec 2007  george <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <4f55b81963riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> In article <273338544f.acld75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, george
>> <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I've got a problem with a Xerox XM3-22wB flatscreen monitor
>>> (purchased including MDF from Castle): regardless of the settings
>>> I insert in 'Configuration->Screen', it stubbornly refuses to
>>> blank or screen-save, continuing to display as long as the
>>> computer is on. At present I've set up DPMS level 3 and 'unblank
>>> on screen writes', with a blank delay of 30 sec., since when the
>>> monitor has continued to display for over 20 minutes!
>> 
>> Unset "Unblank on screen writes" by clicking on Default and Set
>> otherwise the screen savers will not work when you press Try.
>> 

> Thanks to all: problem now solved. Unsetting 'unblank on screen
> writes' seems to be the crucial element.

Is that because programs like Alarm or Organizer are constantly 
writing to the screen as the icon-bar clock is updating?

With best wishes,

Peter.

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